Quote:

Originally Posted by RudiC

Not clear. What is the problem?

>- Do you want to eliminate eval?
yes.
I use { CMD="..." /// echo "$CMD" /// eval "$CMD" } when debuging scripts.

>- Does the overall logics not deliver what you need? Please be aware that a chain >-o (OR operators) stops after the first to evaluate to TRUE.
In brief I need this command :
find "path" "list of directories to ignore" and "list files to ignore" "pass result to function"
find "path" "FILTER_1" some_operator "FILTER_2" "pass result to function"
I want to ignore all directories enumerated in filter 1 (this work)
FILTER_1 is a list of directories
I want to ignore all files enumerated in filter 2 (this does not work together with FILTER_1)
FILTER_2 is a list of files

I have succeed with this command :

Code:

find "$MY_PATH"  -type d \( $FILTRE_1  \) -prune -o -exec bash -c 'CHERCHE "$0" '  {} \;

or

Code:

find "$MY_PATH"  \( $FILTRE_2 -exec bash -c 'CHERCHE "$0" '  {} \;

but not with

Code:

find "$MY_PATH"  -type d \( $FILTRE_1  \) -prune -o  \( $FILTRE_2 -exec bash -c 'CHERCHE \$0 '  {} \; \)

>- How are the two code snippets in above related? What and/or where is filter 5?
It is a typo error. you may read 2,3,4

>- Why does filter 2 work in the first snippet but doesn't in the second.
That the subject of my question.
How to convert this

Code:

CMD="find \"$MY_PATH\"  -type d \( $FILTRE_1  \) -prune -o  \( $FILTRE_2 -exec bash -c 'CHERCHE \$0 '  {} \; \)  " 
echo "COMMAND : $CMD" 
eval "$CMD"

by

Code:

find "$MY_PATH"  -type d \( $FILTRE_1  \) -prune -o  \( $FILTRE_2 -exec bash -c 'CHERCHE "$0" '  {} \; \)

FILTER_3 and FILTER_4 are the same filter but I try different manner to quote variable string.

---------- Post updated at 12:02 ---------- Previous update was at 11:36 ----------

You need quote if * is present

Code:

@ASUS-JC-NEW:~> find . -maxdepth 1 -name ".*"
.
./.config
./.fonts
./.local
./.bash_history

Code:

@ASUS-JC-NEW:~> find . -maxdepth 1 -name .*
find: paths must precede expression: ..
Usage: find [-H] [-L] [-P] [-Olevel] [-D help|tree|search|stat|rates|opt|exec] [path...] [expression]

and from manpage
---------- Post updated at 12:12 ---------- Previous update was at 12:02 ----------

Thank you very much for your effort.
But I have to draw your attention on two things :
1°) FILTER_2 is a list of files and then ".Xauthority,.xsession1,.bash_history" are files.
2°) My real problem is when I try to add a second predicate (list of files in FILTER_2) after the first predicate ( FILTER_1 )

---------- Post updated at 12:24 ---------- Previous update was at 12:12 ----------

If I run my command with FILTER_2 alone like this :

Code:

find "$MY_PATH"  \( $FILTRE_2 -exec bash -c 'CHERCHE "$0" '  {} \;

I did not get error, and the files
.xsession-errors
.xsession-errors-:0
are exclude as expected.

FILTER_2, FILTER_3 and FILTER_4 are the same filters but quoting is different.
But none give me the expected result.
FILTER_2 works only when I use

Code:

eval "$CMD"